Old seam tape vs. the new glue-down stuff, I chose wrong

Been at this 15 years and finally had to choose between my usual heat-activated seam tape and this new pressure-sensitive tape a supply house in Des Moines pushed on me. I went with the new tape on a 200-yard commercial job and it lifted in three spots by the next morning. Anyone else ever get burned trying something new instead of sticking with what worked for years?

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troymorgan6d ago

Learned that lesson on my own kitchen floor once, what a disaster that was.

val_wilson5d ago

Wait, did you actually try to flip a full sheet cake onto a serving stand by yourself? Because I tried that once with a three-layer chocolate cake I'd spent all afternoon on. Ended up with frosting on the ceiling fan and the cake basically folded into a sad, crumpled mess on the linoleum. Had to eat it out of a bowl with a spoon, which was honestly not the worst part, just the most humiliating.